{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"\"That's the way the system works\"","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":390,"description":"October 4, 2022 — During an investigation last year into a collision where no one was hurt and no property was damaged, Ukiah police broke several bones in a man’s face and handcuffed a woman in her own home, even after she indicated she was willing to cooperate. \r\n\r\nOfficers had a case against Arturo Valdes, who was accused by another motorist of causing a minor accident in the parking lot of the Ross Department store a little after 6:30 pm on March 28. The victim didn’t speak English, but KZYX obtained police body camera video of him describing the incident to Ukiah Police Officer Daniel Parker with the help of a witness. The victim said he had stopped suddenly to avoid hitting pedestrians, when Valdes, who was behind him, bumped into him with a lifted black GMC truck. He said Valdes “said a bunch of bad things in English and Spanish,” and drove off fast, with a woman and two small children in the vehicle. He told Parker he wanted insurance information, and, according to his volunteer translator, and to “get him in trouble, because it’s not fair, he’s driving drunk with two kids in the back.” According to a written police report, the victim added in a followup interview that Valdes asked him if he wanted to fight. \r\n\r\nSurveillance video from outside the Ross department store isn’t high quality, but it does show that a man matching Valdes’ distinct appearance did bump into another car that afternoon. But Valdes didn’t admit it, when Officer Eric Rodello and Sergeant Rondald Donahue questioned him. He said “no,” when officers asked if he had just been “involved in a little traffic collision,” and told them that his black truck was missing. Police found the truck about a block away from his home the next morning.\r\n \r\nValdes wasn’t the only one providing bad information. Police dispatch had reported erroneously that he was currently on DUI probation, though that had expired in December. And when Valdes said he wouldn’t answer any questions until his lawyer arrived,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}